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Ten Ways to help YOUR CHILDREN
feel the joy of SIMCHAS TORAH
while learning Torah all year long.

1. Teach your children that they are rewarded for every word of Torah study, and that they improve their skills every time they make a sincere effort to understand, regardless of how much progress they feel they have achieved.
   
   
2. Help your children realize that Torah and Mitzvos are empowering; that choosing to do what’s right – especially when it is challenging – is exhilarating and fulfilling. Learning Torah gives us the strength to make the right choices.
   
   
3. Share the incomparable feeling of satisfaction that comes from Ameilus B’Torah by deciphering a cryptic Passuk or delving deeply into a Gemara together with your children.
   
   
4. Guide them to learn HOW to learn, in addition to their actual learning. Assure them that by mastering skills, their comprehension and enjoyment will grow with time and consistent effort.
   
   
5. Ensure that they grasp the basic concepts at hand before progressing to more advanced material. Developing a clear understanding brings satisfaction and fulfillment and is the primary purpose of learning.
   
   
6. Create an excitement for Torah in your children by making learning interactive; involve them in the give and take and challenge them to think at every step of the learning process. Show them that they can be successful at learning.
   
   
7. Continuously revisit the fundamental principles and common concepts of learning. These elements are frequently taken for granted and children may be embarrassed to admit their lack of knowledge.
   
   
8. Help your children value Torah by emphasizing that learning creates a personal relationship with Hashem and is the ultimate source of happiness and validation.
   
   
9. Discuss the challenges and frustrations that you have faced in learning, and ask your child if they, too, have similar difficulties. Resolve to work together to overcome these obstacles.
   
   
10. Instill a proud connection to Torah with reminders that the Torah they study is the very same that Dovid Hamelech, Rashi, the Chofetz Chaim, Rav Moshe Feinstein and all the greatest Gedolim and Jewish leaders have learned, struggled with, and mastered. They, too, will play an important role in passing it on to their children and the next generation.

COURTESY OF THE COMMUNITY TRAINING INITIATIVE OF PRIORITY-1
Under the auspices of Harav Reuven Feinstein, Shlita

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